Seven individuals including former deputy minister Premalal Jayasekara (Choka Malli) has been further remanded until 30 June by Pelmadulla Magistrate Dinesh Lakmal.

June 26 is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Relatives of LTTE leaders, including Nadesan and Pulitheven, will explain the circumstances that led to their surrender and their subsequent disappearance at a meeting to be held in Geneva on June 24, ‘The Hindu’ reports.

A female attendant at Hingurakgoda hospital has been caught stealing a credit card belonging to a colleage to buy liquor.

Rs. 105 million belonging to the Tourism Promotion Authority and the Tourism Promotion Bureau under the then minister Basil Rajapaksa had been used for political work of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, charges UNP MP Nalin Bandara.

The health staff should be made better prepared in order to curb the outbreak of influenza H1N1 that has so far claimed 24 lives, a nurses union has written to health minister Rajitha Senaratne.